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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason that Sizwe gives Buntu for not wanting to die yet?

2. Why does Sizwe begin to tear off his clothes at the ending of Part 4?

3. What does Buntu proceed to to after explaining about the dead man's book to Sizwe?

4. At what affair did the preacher speak, according to Buntu?

5. At the end of Part 4, what does Buntu collect after Sizwe drunkenly stumbles off?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effect of having Styles and Buntu played by the same actor. What parallels and contrasts are there between the two characters, and how are they significant to the play as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the idea of being 'alive' versus being 'dead' or a 'ghost' as represented in the play.

Essay Topic 3

Comment upon the notion that Styles' statement that 'we own nothing but ourselves' could be construed as being ignorant, coming as it does from a successful black businessman in South Africa.

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